Norwegian Data Protection Authority

The Norwegian Data Protection Authority

Type	Government agency
Founded	1980
Headquarters	Oslo, Norway
Area served	Norway
Key people	Bjørn Erik Thon (Director)
Parent	Ministry of Government Administration and Reform
Website	www.datatilsynet.no

The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Norwegian: Datatilsynet) is Norwegian Government agency responsible for managing the Personal Data Act of 2000, concerning privacy concerns. This Act replaced the Data Register Act of 1978.

The authority is based in Oslo, and is an independent administrative body under the Ministry of Government Administration and Reform. It is the national data protection authority for Norway.

Helge Seip served as its first director from 1980 to 1989, and Georg Apenes served from 1989 to 2010. Ove Skåra served as acting director from April 2010.

On 28 May 2010, Bjørn Erik Thon was appointed as new director.^[1]

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• (translation: "Divide and concquer — the Cabinet wants to rid itself of yet another meddling guard dog. Now it Datatilsynet's turn.") Splitt og hersk — Regjeringen vil kvitte seg med enda en brysom vaktbikkje. Nå står Datatilsynet for tur.
• Færaas, Arild (2012-01-01). "(translation: The inspectorate accomplished (in 2011) fewer audits to protect your privacy) Datatilsynet førte færre tilsyn for å overvåke personvernet ditt i 2011" (in Norwegian). 
• "Datatilsynet til Faremo om NSA: Mange spørsmål gjenstår" [The Data Protection Authority to Faremo about the NSA: Many questions remain]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 2013-09-12. 
• "Datatilsynet gir Folkehelseinstituttet 350.000 kroner i bot" [The agency fines Folkehelseinstituttet—Norwegian kroner 350 000]. E24. 2013-09-14.